The Old Rectory at Stewton

Cadwell Park Circuit - 5.79 miles
This is one of Britain's oldest racing circuits and is used for motorcycle racing, car racing and track days. It is one of our most challenging circuits and is probably best known for the August Bank Holiday British Superbike event, which attracts up to 30.000 spectators to this part of Lincolnshire. Many of our guests go to Cadwell. They stay here because we have safe, off-road parking, large enough to take vans, most trailers and motorcycles and we are happy to do early breakfasts. We are only ten minutes away from the track and ten minutes from Louth, which has many places where you can eat.

Donna Nook Seals - 13 miles
Over the last five years,the seal cubs at Donna Nook, a twenty minute drive from Stewton, across the Marshes, have attracted thousands of visitors to the area in November, December and January. Over 1,000 pups are born there annually and are easily seen from the well-organised walkways. There is plenty of parking and a visit to what is the largest colony of grey seals in Britain is a superb experience.

Antiquing - 14 miles
.Horncastle is a charming market town, 14 miles from Stewton. Its unique attraction is the number of antique centres, antique shops and bric a brac shops which make the town a must see place for interested visitors. Just over 20 miles away is Hemswell Cliff, a former R.A.F. airfield, now used to house the biggest, permanent display of antiques and collectables in Europe. A visit on a Sunday has the added bonus of a massive car boot sale on the site. For the really serious antique collector the antique fairs at Swinderby and Newark on the other side of the county are a must.

Louth - 2.5 miles
The first sign of Louth from all points of the compass is the spire of St. James' Church. This superb church boasts the highest, Anglican, parish church spire in the country. The church was the site of the start of the Pilrimage of Grace, a protest over the confiscating of church goods by the king. The rector of Louth was hanged drawn and quartered for his pains. Louth has many specialist shops, good restaurants, interesting pubs, fine pork butchers and a market on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. This small, characterful town - The Capital of the Wolds - has some wonderful facades and interesting buildings, a lovely museum and the feeling of being in a time-capsule. Well worth a visit.

The Wolds - 2 miles
These small hills are what make this largely undiscovered part of Lincolnshire unique. You will not find here the black - soiled flatlands of the sprout and cabbage fields of the Boston, Spalding area of the county. On the drive from Boston to Louth you come up the escarpment into a different landscape. Here are small villages in hollows and valleys, clumps of trees on hilltops, massive fields stretching almost as far as the eye can see. Lincolnshire's massive skies open up before you. This Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is ideal for walking, cycling and touring. A trip out to Tennyson's birthplace and lunch in a village pub can be a memorable experience.

The Coast - 7 miles
Skegness, Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes are probably Lincolnshire coastal area's best known places, but there is so much more to experience in an area which has a wildness all its own. All along the coast there are bird sanctuaries, some very civilised with paths and notices, some much more natural, with rough duneland, rabbit warrens, spiky bushes and thousands of birds. It is possible to drive up lanes from the coast road and park and then enjoy a walk through superb coastal scenery. The beaches vary from sandy, child - friendly ones to expanses of sand and stones and oyster shells stretching almost a mile out to the sea A natural wilderness rarely seen any longer on our shores.